En amont du Forum international sur les migrations, ce rapport de recherche du PMJE rassemble des données probantes sur la manière dont les systèmes de protection sociale peuvent mieux répondre aux besoins des jeunes migrants et déplacés, conformément au Pacte mondial pour des migrations sûres, ordonnées et régulières (GCM).

Antes del Foro Internacional sobre Migración, este informe de investigación de La Plataforma de migración para jóvenes y niños (PMJN) reúne evidencia sobre cómo los sistemas de protección social pueden responder mejor a las necesidades de los jóvenes migrantes y desplazados, en consonancia con el Pacto Mundial para una Migración Segura, Ordenada y Regular (GCM).

The International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) 2026 Progress Declaration represents a critical opportunity to address these gaps and strengthen implementation of the GCM.This paper outlines MYCP’s policy priorities and general recommendations to ensure that migration governance is youth-centred, rights-based, and responsive to current global challenges. Strategic Priority: Recognition of Youth as Stakeholders

Ahead of the International Migration Forum, this MYCP research report brings together evidence on how social protection systems can better respond to the needs of migrant and displaced young people in line with the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). It builds on the recognition that social protection is a key policy tool to reduce inequalities, support access to basic services, and enable young people to navigate transitions in contexts shaped by displacement and exclusion. This report rejects traditional clustering and adopts a cross sectoral approach, reflecting the reality that migration intersects with multiple policy areas. It examines how structural drivers such as climate change and migration shape young people’s access to fundamental rights and services like education and healthcare.

The Migration Youth & Children Platform (MYCP) Global Compact for Safe, Orderly & Regular Migration (GCM) Youth Consultations program represents a milestone in the Migration Youth and Children Platform's manifest mission to bridge the gap between youth experiences and international migration policymaking. The program successfully exceeded its initial primary targets, consulting 812 youth on the move across five world regions through 23 consultation sessions, supported by partnerships with 65 organizations. This achievement demonstrates the strong demand for youth participation in migration policy discussions globally.

To further inform the Progress Declaration’s outcome, MYCP is proud to present its advocacy brief for the 2026 IMRF. Grounded in the voices and experiences of young migrants globally, through its GCM Youth Consultation process which were held between 2024-25 in every region of the world and including over 800+ young people, and informed by MYCP’s 2025 Global Youth Report on the State of Migration, this strategy outlines our key policy recommendations to support the implementation of the GCM in line with youth priorities. Each section corresponds to the thematic chapters of MYCP’s Global Youth Report.

The first global report on migration driven primarily by youth perspectives on key thematic areas linking to migration. These are (1) education, (2) alternatives to detention, (3) health and (4) human trafficking & labor. Reflecting youth priorities from across the world, and utilising the recommendations and data collected from MYCP’s GCM Youth Consultations

The GCM is a non-binding international framework, unlike the 1951 Refugee Convention. The GCM is not a treaty. Member States are not legally bound by the contents of the Compact, and therefore, have no formal legal obligations of compliance to achieve any of its objectives.

The Global Youth Consultation on Ending Child Immigration Detention, organised by the Migration Youth & Children's Platform in collaboration with UNICEF, IDC, UNHCR, and UNNM, brought together over 80 young participants from around the world to discuss and share their ideas on ending child immigration detention.